Tuesday, March 23, 2010 was surgery

Mar 26, 2010

So i came home from the hospital yesterday.  It definitely was harder than i thought it would be.  First off, we get to the OR at 5:30 and they bring me in to start my IV.  Well the nurse blew 3 veins and then sent me to anesthesia for them to do the IV.  Well.  It didn't work out too well.  He tried both hands, both forearms, inside of of both elbows, and both wrists.  It was very traumatic and i woke up with a big line coming out of my neck.  Now that had it's great points and it had its poor points.  On the good side, they were able to just take any blood they need right from my neck IV, so i didn't have to get poked at all.  On the down side i couldn't shower until 24 hours after it had been taken out.

The surgery went well, i think i was only in there for about 2 hours or so, recovery wasn't too bad that day, though i felt a little sick.  That night didn't go to well because whenever i used my pain meds at night my respirations would drop below 10 resps per min and an alarm would go off.  So i just sucked it up and got some sleep w/o the pain meds.  The next day I had to go for my barium swallow to check for leaks.  Well....they gave it to me and i threw it right back up and then dry heaved for a few hours.  My Dr. said i HAD to do the swallow that day so they took me back down a few hours later and i did it, no leaks, then i threw up.   But at least i was able to get down the barium to complete the test.  

The next night was much more restful. I didn't use much of the pain killer because that was what was making me sick i think.  But the next day i got to go home. My drain came out, then my neck IV came out.  No problem.

Today wasn't so bad.  My mom comes over ever day while my boyfriend is at work.   She also gives me the lovenox shots every day, which i have to be on for 7 days to prevent blood clots. Today was the first day I've felt up to getting on the computer.

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